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Weeks after removing its find-friends feature from Instagram, Twitter has done the same to blogging service Tumblr. Twitter's already changed the rules for app developers in version 1.1 of its API, which is coming soon. Both parties took a low-key approach when asked to comment. "To our dismay, Twit...
Nokia may be battered, bleeding and losing money hand over fist, but it's not out for the count. The company will unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a press conference to be held jointly with Microsoft in New York Sept. 5, according to a report. One device is reportedly code-named "Arrow," th...
Archos on Wednesday unveiled a new Android tablet line, the Gen10 XS. The first product in this family, the Archos 101 XS, is a 10-inch tablet that weighs 21 ounces and is 0.3 inches thick. The tablet line runs an unskinned -- meaning a pure -- version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and is Google-cer...
I've written about gadget battery technologies and how to calculate basic battery needs in previous articles like "Juicing Up Your Gadget Battery Power." I've also covered some of the ways to keep yourself charged up on the road with extended battery packs for smaller devices. Continuing this theme ...
There are still 19 million Americans who lack access to high-speed Internet, according to the FCC's Eighth Broadband Progress Report. At this stage in the Internet's evolution, that number is shocking and brings home the fact that the natural spectrum landscape is not as stable and robust as one mig...
Nikon on Wednesday announced an Android-powered digital point-and-shoot camera, the Coolpix S800c. The device has built-in WiFi and runs Android Gingerbread. It will let users connect to, browse and upload photographs and videos to their social networks. Users will also be able to surf the Web and d...
The Starship Enterprise has its deflector shields to defend itself from attacks by enemy weaponry, and if all goes well with a pilot program launched Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation, road warriors will have wireless systems to defend themselves from collisions with other vehicles. U...
Just after 11 p.m. on Aug. 15, 1977, while pointing toward the constellation Sagittarius, Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope picked up a mysterious transmission that would very soon make history. For 72 seconds, the Big Ear was able to listen to that signal, which has since come to be k...
In nature, glaciers are slow but steady masses of ice that flow as they melt. They take many years to accumulate and often just as long to deform. In other words, a glacier is typically here for eons, and fittingly "Glacier" is the name of Amazon's new data archive service aimed at enterprise and sm...
Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic has launched an app for cloud-based services that will let consumers control home appliances using their Android smartphones. Named "Panasonic Smart App," it will be available from September -- but only in Japan. It can be used by owners of smartphones run...
Most cars nowadays come with driver and passenger airbags. It's a great safety feature that's helped save numerous lives since installing them routinely has become the norm. But sometimes, though it is rare, airbags fail to deploy even when circumstances arise where they should. Ask yourself: How ...
Synaptics on Monday announced what it describes as the next generation of PC touchpads, its ForcePad. The ForcePad can accept input from five fingers simultaneously. It's a variable force detector device that's targeted at Intel Ultrabooks running Windows 8. Several key OEM partners are sampling the...
The tech industry is making strides in developing supply chains and products that are free of conflict minerals from eastern Congo, although for some companies, progress still needs to be made, according to a report by Enough, the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity. For the second y...
A well-known iOS hacker who uses the handle "pod2g" revealed a flaw in Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, that he says can be exploited to alter the "reply to" information in SMS messages. Such a tactic could be used by cybermiscreants to pry sensitive information from the recipient of a message ...
In Silicon Valley where Apple is located, burglaries are up more than 30 percent, largely because police have stopped responding to them. If you are reasonably well off, particularly if you are Asian, and you like nice stuff, the chance you'll get burglarized near Apple's new headquarters is approac...